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§53309 Accumulation of deposits
Title 46 › Subtitle Subtitle V— - Merchant Marine › Part Part C— - Financial Assistance Programs › Chapter CHAPTER 533— - CONSTRUCTION RESERVE FUNDS › § 53309
Summary
Any tax-year-end deposits in a construction reserve that meet section 53310 are treated as retained under section 537(a).
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Title 46, §53309
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For any taxable year, amounts on deposit in a construction reserve fund on the last day of the taxable year, for which the requirements of section 53310 of this title have been satisfied (to the extent they apply on the last day of the taxable year), are deemed to have been retained for the reasonable needs of the business within the meaning of section 537(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 537(a)).
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5330946 App.:1161(f).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title V, § 511(f), as added Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 849, 54 Stat. 1107. The words “are deemed to have been retained for the reasonable needs of the business within the meaning of section 537(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 537(a))” are substituted for “shall not constitute an accumulation of earnings or profits within the meaning of section 102 of the Internal Revenue Code” because section 102 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 has been superseded by part 1 of subchapter G of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 531 et seq.). See also 46 C.F.R. § 287.16 (2003).
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46 U.S.C. § 53309
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Apr 6, 2026
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